Report A Contractor

Unregistered contractors are a threat to both consumers and legitimate contractors. Labor & Industries wants to help combat this underground economy; We have created this one-stop reporting tool for industry professionals to report suspicious activities such as:

Is operating a business without the proper license or registration and has workers.

Pays workers in cash and doesn't give them any kind of payroll stub.

Submits bids on jobs well below the industry standard.

Has a large number of corporate officers listed for the firm, and all work at the firm.

Does not maintain or report complete and accurate employee payroll information.

Pays workers on a piece work basis and does not record hours.

Requires employees to work long hours but turns in fewer hours than they actually worked.

Has a worker who gets injured on the job, and the employer promises to pay the doctor and medical bills rather than report the accident to L&I.

Has workers who find they do not qualify for unemployment insurance because the employer under-reported their hours.

Has several "corporate officers" who do not exercise control of the business operations.

Contractors that are not paying prevailing wages.

Contractors that are not paying agreed upon wages and overtime when required.

Use our Verify tool to see if a business you want to contract with has an active contractor registration; an active and paid-to-date workers' compensation account covering any employees. At the same time, you can check for safety violations, lawsuits against their surety bond and more.